CHEMISTRY GCE A LEVEL

Course summary

Have you ever wondered how we have worked out the structure of natural materials such as hormones or penicillin and then been able to make them in the lab – perhaps even improving their desirable properties? How we can analyse over 100 different chemicals in one puff of cigarette smoke? The Chemical industry is Britain’s third largest manufacturing industry and the UK’s number one export earner. In spite of this, there is a shortage of chemists and so grades required for University entry are often low. This is the essential A Level subject for anyone wanting to study medicine, veterinary science or dentistry. It is also a valuable ‘service’ subject for those wishing to study Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Forensics and Engineering. An increasing number of students are combining the subject with one or more Arts subjects – perhaps because Chemistry is a very creative Science.